A simple guide on how to caramelize onions at home with wine, beer or balsamic vinegar. Honey is optional but it adds a nice sweetness I love. I've been practicing how to caramelize onions, can you smell the goodness from over there ? And before we talk about this, can you believe it's almost Christmas ? I feel so unprepared I am looking for a legal way to push it back a few months. Instead of my Italian wedding cookies I am baking pizzas and perfecting the art of caramelized onions! So let's ...
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Roasted Eggplant Dip Recipe or Salata de Vinete
An authentic rustic Romanian whipped eggplant dip recipe or " Salata de Vinete " served on grilled bruschetta! Have you ever tried to make a good roasted eggplant dip recipe? Some of them can be a little intimidating, i'll admit it. But I believe food and recipes are meant to be simple but bursting with flavor.So with all the bloggers busy busy working on yet another turkey recipe, I decided to give you an appetizer. An easy but impressive whipped roasted eggplant dip, a.k.a. Romanian ...
Beef and Butternut Squash Stew Recipe
A super tender beef and butternut squash stew recipe slowly braised in a blood orange juice gravy with hints of cloves and nutmeg! Look at this festive blood orange beef and butternut squash stew I made us! Take a second to check out those colors kids! That is real food right there. Being a vegetarian for two weeks was not bad at all actually, considering that chocolate was allowed every day. Yes, I had to make up for the lack of meat somehow and celery sticks were just not gonna cut it. But ...
Roasted Butternut Squash Apple Soup
A healthy award winning butternut squash apple soup recipe that graces my dinner table often throughout the fall and winter season, and of course makes an appearance at the holiday table.Simple seasonal ingredients: tart apples, sweet butternut squash and carrots are slowly roasted together with complimentary spices like nutmeg, bay leaves and thyme, each one shinning through in their own unique way. A sweet fruit with a nutty taste and orange flesh that grows on a vine, butternut ...
Chocolate Covered Orange Slices Treats
I made us a platter of chocolate covered orange slices treats, because we deserve it ;) Juicy and sweet, oranges are one of the most popular fruits in the world. I love oranges, they remind me of Christmas and how my mom used to throw the peels in the fire to make the house smell insanely good. I've gone a little bit orange crazy this week, starting with my Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce and Candied Orange Peels. There were two more things I wanted to make: Orangettes and Chocolate Covered Orange ...
Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Every year that I make this orange cranberry sauce I remember us as little kids. Just walking to the fields with our grandpa, we would pass by dozens of cranberry bushes on the side of the road. We always stuffed our pockets with them and had cranberry fights along the way. As I matured I stopped using cranberries to hit my brother and started using them in muffins and in an insane vanilla blood orange sauce for the perfect side dish to the Thanksgiving dinner. The perfect berry citrusy aroma ...
Smoked Pork Risotto Recipe
If you love creamy, if you love sausage, European smoked pork sausage with lots of garlic and herbs, I promise you will love this smoked pork risotto. It is one of those creations that happens when you try to use what's left in the cupboard and save yourself that grocery store trip. When I see ground pork I immediately think of my grandparent's smoked sausages that we used to make every Christmas. Since I didn't exactly plan this dish long enough in advance to actually smoke some sausage, I ...
Wild Mushroom White Wine Sauce
This is how to make a quick and delicious mushroom white wine sauce, for a meal or just as a topping on burgers, chicken and steaks. For the past month we've been making burgers over the weekend. Turkey burgers to be more specific, not necessarily my favorite until just recently. I was only in charge of the toppings and the sides, so that's all I'm going to take credit for and share with you here. By default, I make my Heirloom Tomato and Cucumber Salad with burgers or grilled anything. My new ...
Wild Mushroom Risotto
I received a wonderful Maitake mushroom at the organic expo this year. Such a precious gem that for a moment I had trouble focusing on wheather I should cook it myself or give it as a gift to a special foodie friend.Long story short I couldn't bring myself to hand this wild thing away, and so I made a simple creamy risotto and crowned this super flavorful Dancing Mushroom ( yes that's what they are called in Japanese ) the star of the show.Also known as Hen of the Woods, the Maitake ...
Wings In Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Extra crispy wings in a lemon garlic butter sauce made with clarified butter ghee.Chicken wings are still the rage as appetizers for any party, and with the NFL season here, I came up with a sauce to dunk them in that will make you lick your plates and fingers clean.Easy, tasty and healthy, this sauce is guaranteed to make a fan out of everyone at the game. Also great with pasta, scallops, lobster, shrimps, chicken, salmon and even steak.This is what you'll need:Fresh juicy ...